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2024-06-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 12, 2024
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:12 EU member states have still not reached an agreement on the latest package of sanctions against Russia, reports Radio Liberty correspondent in Brussels Rikard Jozwiak. According to him, this time the biggest obstacle was not Hungary, but Germany. EU countries will again discuss a new package of sanctions on Friday, June 14.
22:06 The American Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced a new financing package that includes political risk insurance operations for Ukraine worth more than $350 million.
21:48 Russia will be able to attack NATO as early as 2029, said German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius: “According to all international military experts, it should be assumed that Russia will be able to carry out a military attack on a NATO state or a neighboring state from 2029.”
21:45 The leaders of the G7 countries agreed to unlock $50 billion of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine by the end of 2024, AFP reports.
21:33 Stoltenberg proposes obliging NATO countries to transfer military aid to Ukraine: “If we turn aid to Ukraine not into voluntary contributions, but into NATO commitments, it will be more durable and reliable. I believe that a stronger role for NATO will help Ukraine gain predictability, in which she needs."
21:22 The Financial Times writes that the Russians have posted advertisements with kidnapped Ukrainian children on adoption websites. Thus, children from eight to 15 years old are listed as missing in the Ukrainian database, but their Ukrainian origin is not indicated on the Russian website. In addition, the Russians changed the names and ages of some children. For example, they gave one child a new Russian name and indicated a different age, and changed the name of another child to a Russian version. The children, found by the publication's journalists, ended up in the Tula region, near Moscow and in the Orenburg region near the Kazakh border. One child was taken to Crimea.
21:04 Italy promised to transfer another SAMP/T air defense system to Ukraine, Stoltenberg said. “And I expect more to be announced in the coming days and weeks,” the NATO secretary general added.
20:47 The founder of the KRAKEN special forces, Konstantin Nemichev, said that the HIMARS MLRS destroyed the S-300 launchers that the Russians used to hit Kharkov: “The HIMARS destroyed four S-300 launchers that launched missile attacks on Kharkov, so now they do not risk approaching and reducing the distance to work around the city."
20:39 Lithuania, as part of the demining coalition, will transfer 14 M113 armored vehicles with enhanced protection to Ukraine this week, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported.
20:16 Zelensky said that he arrived in Saudi Arabia and held a meeting with Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman al Saud and discussed preparations for the Global Peace Summit.
19:40 The Russians are in full swing building fortifications 2.7 km northeast of Volchansk, DeepState analysts write. According to them, appropriate equipment is involved in the work. Experts state that engineering and fortification structures are the strength of the Russian army.
19:33 In the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, a 17-year-old teenager was injured as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OBA Sergei Lysak. Russian troops attacked both infrastructure and the residential sector. In particular, six private houses and two five-story buildings were damaged.
19:31 The death toll as a result of the enemy attack in Krivoy Rog has increased to nine, 29 people were injured , including five children, the prosecutor’s office reported. The search and rescue operation continues.
19:25 The Conference on the Recovery of Ukraine in Berlin (URC2024) expanded the number of dimensions of such recovery to four - business, European integration, communities and human capital - and launched projects totaling more than 16 billion euros, said German Foreign Ministry Speaker Thomas Bagger.
18:44 Partisans from the Atesh movement claim that their agent destroyed the R-441 Liven satellite communication station in the Moscow region. It was located on the territory of the 584th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (military unit 62845) in the city of Klin. As a result of the destruction of the station, the control system of the mentioned anti-aircraft missile regiment was significantly disrupted and, as a result, the air defense system of the entire Moscow region was weakened, the partisans claim.
18:37 The United States announced new sanctions against more than 300 individuals and legal entities of the Russian Federation. These include the Moscow Exchange and related organizations, the insurance company SOGAZ, gas wells Arctic LNG-1 and Arctic LNG-3, Uralvagonzavod, Kirovenergomash, Murom Machine-Building Plant, the head of the Gagauz Autonomy in Moldova Evgenia Gutsul and others. After this decision, the Moscow Exchange announced the suspension of trading in dollars.
The United States also imposed a ban on the provision of a number of services to Russia related to information technology and cloud services.
18:33 On Thursday, June 13, hourly power outage schedules will be applied throughout Ukraine from 20:00 to 22:00, Ukrenergo reported.
18:23 Ukraine will sign a security agreement with the United States at the G7 summit this week, said National Security Advisor to the American President Jake Sullivan. This will be the 16th such agreement, the Office of the President reported.
18:19 The death toll as a result of a missile attack on the city of Krivoy Rog has increased to seven, 20 people were injured, the prosecutor’s office reported. Rescue work continues.
18:12 One of the most combat-ready Ukrainian units - the Azov brigade - has not received weapons from the United States for a long time. All because of accusations of Azov residents of right-wing radicalism and neo-Nazism, which were actively fueled by Russian propaganda. The United States has a law that prohibits the provision of American military assistance to units responsible for human rights violations. And so Azov passed the inspection conducted by the US State Department. Read more in the article Victory over Russian propaganda .
17:54 As a result of the attack on Krivoy Rog, six people were killed and 11 were injured, Zelensky said.
17:48 In the Kherson region, there are 1,458 people who are considered missing under special circumstances during a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, said Deputy Head of the National Police in the region Nikolai Verbitsky. According to him, a separate category of missing people are residents of the Kherson region who stopped communicating after the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in June 2023 - there are now 24 of them. They are also looking for 505 children under occupation.
16:57 The Russians launched a missile strike on Krivoy Rog, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
16:35 DTEK reports that the blackout schedules will begin to operate two hours later today - from 19:00 to 23:00.
16:32 At the airfield in Akhtubinsk on June 8, two Su-57 aircraft were hit at once , said Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. He clarified that one Su-57 has significant damage, the second has lighter damage, so, probably, the second aircraft can be restored faster.
16:26 Germany will allocate another 50 million euros to restore Ukraine’s energy sector, the Ministry of Energy reported. The total amount of the country's contribution to the Energy Support Fund of Ukraine amounted to more than 275 million euros. This is the largest contribution of sponsors to the Fund, which has already accumulated more than 545 million. Since March 2022, Ukraine has received from Germany 120 humanitarian aid supplies for the energy sector weighing more than 1,670 tons.
15:49 As of May, the ratio of volunteers and mobilized who joined the army is 1:3, said Deputy Minister of Defense Natalya Kalmykova. In her opinion, this suggests that “we still have the potential to defend Ukraine.” Kalmykova noted that this result was achieved, in particular, thanks to systemic changes in the Defense Forces, the creation of a new personnel policy system, the development of a network of recruiting centers, as well as digitalization.
15:28 The draft conclusion of the Peace Summit in Switzerland contains a clause that “representatives of all parties” should be involved in future peace negotiations. Such negotiations could take place after reaching agreements on nuclear and food security and the return of prisoners of war and abducted children, Radio Liberty reports, citing the draft document. At the same time, the publication adds that the document is not final and its text may still be changed.
14:56 In Zaporozhye, the Russians hit one of the critical infrastructure facilities. There was damage, but no people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Ivan Fedorov.
14:31 Light switch-off schedules will begin to operate two hours later today - from 17:00 to 23:00, DTEK reported.
14:27 Ukraine plans to sell state assets to finance military operations, writes The New York Times. In particular, the government plans to auction about 20 state-owned companies, including the Ukraine Hotel, a shopping center in Kyiv, mining and chemical enterprises. Officials acknowledge that assets will be sold cheaper than before the war, but hope to create new jobs, tax revenues and attract investment.
13:39 Defense forces attacked Russian anti-aircraft missile systems in Crimea at night, the General Staff reported. This time, a group missile strike was carried out on one S-300 anti-aircraft missile division near Belbek, as well as on two S-400 anti-aircraft missile divisions near Belbek and Sevastopol. Confirmed hits in target areas. In particular, two radars of the S-300 and S-400 complexes were destroyed, information on the third radar is being clarified. In addition, further detonation of ammunition was recorded in all three areas where Russian anti-aircraft missile battalions are deployed.
13:34 OSINT investigators monitorwarr report that this morning the city of Vasilkov, Kiev region, was struck by an X-101 missile with a cluster warhead. This modification is universal in its application, since it can affect airfield and oil refining infrastructure. According to analysts, on May 29, the Tu-95ms aircraft was redeployed to the Akhtubinsk test airfield from the Dyagilevo airfield. The next day, test launches of already modernized missiles took place at the test site.
13:07 The Netherlands will transfer the first F-16 fighters to Ukraine in the summer of 2024 - immediately after Denmark begins supplying aircraft, the country’s Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren said in an interview with European Pravda. According to her, the first F-16s will arrive in Ukraine this summer, and from then on, deliveries of these aircraft will be put into production.
12:58 The Russians hit a police car with an FPV drone in Novovorontsovka, Kherson region. As a result of the explosion, the car was completely destroyed, law enforcement officers were not injured, the National Police reported. They also clarified that three people were wounded in the region - two in Ingulets and one in Osokorovka. In addition, in Stanislav, the enemy dropped ammunition from a drone onto a truck with humanitarian supplies; no people were injured.
12:50 In the morning, the Russians attacked the Odessa region with an Iskander-M ballistic missile launched from the territory of Crimea, the South Air Command reported.
12:43 Orban said that at the meeting with Stoltenberg he agreed not to support Ukraine and not to block NATO decisions: “At today’s meeting we concentrated on the fact that any operations outside NATO should be voluntary, and Hungary was provided with the guarantees it requires.”
12:04 Ukraine and the German defense concern Rheinmetall have agreed on the joint production of the Lynx infantry fighting vehicle, Handelsblatt writes. According to the publication, an agreement was reached yesterday on the sidelines of a conference on the restoration of Ukraine in Berlin. The first infantry fighting vehicle will be manufactured this year. Details about the location of the plant and production volumes are not disclosed for security reasons.
11:15 In the Sumy region, one of the energy facilities was damaged during a night drone attack, Ukrenergo reported. 14 settlements have lost power, and the process of healing consumers is currently underway.
10:32 Syrsky said that for several days in a row he worked in military units conducting defense at the hottest spots of the Eastern Front. According to him, the enemy continues active offensive operations virtually along the entire front, and is concentrating its main efforts on the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions. Here the Russian Army concentrated the largest number of its assault units from eight shock brigades.
There are battles in the areas of Chasov Yar, Kleshcheevka, Kalinovka - the enemy is trying to capture these settlements to expand the geography of their advance in the direction of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk. Also, the Russians unsuccessfully storm Belogorovka, Lugansk region, and try to break through to Seversk.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy is unsuccessfully trying to move forward into the depths of the Ukrainian battle formations and create a so-called “security belt.” In Volchansk, according to the commander-in-chief, the enemy is “loaded.” In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian army is trying to advance in the areas of Staromayorsky and Rabotino, but with virtually no success.
10:16 In Ukraine, men will be more often required to have military registration documents to receive government services, said Minister of Justice Denis Malyuska. In particular, this applies to obtaining passports and other identification documents, registering a place of residence, registering ownership of real estate, admission to educational institutions, employment, obtaining a driver’s license, etc. The exception is critical services and services related to the children and family of military personnel.
10:08 Norway will allocate 240 million euros for measures to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense, the country’s Foreign Ministry reported. In particular, 125 million euros will be allocated to a joint initiative of Germany, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands to purchase 100 Patriot missiles for Ukraine.
09:37 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports, citing geolocation footage, that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have regained lost positions in the direction of Liptsy near Kharkov. In particular, we are talking about positions along the O-212553 Liptsy-Kharkov road southeast of Glubokoye. The Russian Ministry of Defense and Russian military bloggers also reported about the counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:02 On the evening of June 11, a Russian FPV drone hit a car in Volchansk, Kharkov region, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was injured as a result of shelling. Kutkovka, Kupyansky district.
08:49 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, three people were injured as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. A high-rise building and 22 private houses, critical infrastructure facilities, a shopping complex, and an administrative building were damaged.
08:46 Dmitry Pletenchuk announced that he was leaving the position of head of the Center for Strategic Communications and speaker of the Southern Defense Forces and returning to his duties as speaker of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:34 In the Kiev region, during a night attack as a result of falling debris, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Ruslan Kravchenko. In one of the regions of the region, as a result of falling debris, a large-scale fire broke out at an industrial facility; a private house and a gas station were also damaged. In another area, a warehouse caught fire. Work to eliminate the consequences of the attack continues.
08:12 Air defense destroyed five missiles and 24 attack drones at night , the Air Force reported. During the night attack, Russia used 30 air attack weapons: four Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, one Iskander-M ballistic missile, one Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile, as well as 24 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs.
We managed to destroy all 24 drones, all four Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, as well as one Kinzhal aeroballistic missile. Air defense operated in the Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Poltava, Kharkov and Vinnitsa regions.
07:38 As a result of a night attack in the Sinelnikovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, three people were injured, including a 13-year-old child. Nine private houses were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
07:29 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 12:
- personnel - about 521,830 (+980) people,
- tanks - 7911 (+9),
- armored combat vehicles - 15,187 (+11),
- artillery systems - 13,736 (+46),
- MLRS - 1099 (+0),
- air defense systems - 844 (+2),
- aircraft - 359 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- UAVs of operational-tactical level - 11,042 (+19),
- cruise missiles - 2280 (+2),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 18,736 (+60),
- special equipment - 2290 (+2).
06:33 Biden approved sending a second Patriot air defense system to Ukraine, The New York Times writes, citing senior officials of the American administration and the military. According to them, the decision was made last week after high-level meetings and internal debates over meeting Ukraine's immediate needs. The system comes from Poland, where it protected rotational forces of American troops. The system could be deployed to the front lines in Ukraine within the next few days, depending on the maintenance or modifications it needs, US officials said.
05:24 The Russians launched a combined attack on Kiev using different types of weapons - in particular, X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles and attack UAVs. According to preliminary data, the enemy also used ballistics. All air targets were destroyed, there were no casualties or destruction in the capital, said the head of the KGVA, Sergei Popko.
00:52 The United States will announce new sanctions and export controls against Russia during the G7 leaders' summit in southern Italy later this week, White House spokesman John Kirby said. According to him, "a whole range of new effective sanctions and export controls will be aimed at organizations and networks that help Russia wage war."
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